Forgetting the measurement issue with no standardized definition of what even constitutes a medical error, this is still a very poor way of framing a change in

Forgetting the measurement issue with no standardized definition of what even constitutes a medical error, this is still a very poor way of framing a change in rank. Is the absolute rate at which people are killed by medical errors higher than it used to be? Is it higher than in comparable countries? Or did the rank change because the old 3rd leading cause of death now kills fewer people? Those are very different pieces of news and this press release doesn't indicate which is the case.